“He begged that the Pope would send as many as an hundred …” Marco Polo (with Rustichello da Pisa)

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*The Travels of Marco Polo*, Prologue, Chapter VII, trans. Yule–Cordier

Kublai sends Niccolò and Maffeo back to the Pope asking for learned Christians who could prove by argument that the Law of Christ was best.

Citation: "He begged that the Pope would send as many as an hundred persons of our Christian faith; intelligent men, acquainted with the Seven Arts" — Marco Polo (with Rustichello da Pisa), The Travels of Marco Polo, Prologue, Chapter VII, trans. Yule–Cordier. (id the-travels-of-marco-polo-q3)

Portrait: Marco Polo Mosaic from Palazzo Tursi, Salviati, Public domain.

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